Catholic Commission for Social Justice
Leela Ramdeen, Chair of CCSJ, recently presented prize money to the winners of CCSJ’s Essay Competition entitled: Respect for Life: Be Living Witnesses to Our Faith.
Under 14 – Lysaundra D. Campbell, St Charles High School
14 and over – Gionieva Fraser, St. Joseph’s Convent Port- of Spain.
CCSJ thanks Shirley, Beverly and Sr Roberta O’Flaherty, CCSJ member, who judged the essay competition.
Read their entries on the following pages.
RESPECT LIFE: BE LIVING WITNESSES TO OUR FAITH
“As we move forward into our 51st year of Independence and our 37th year as a Republic, let us strive to foster respect for all life. ” DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE
“There must be respect for our own lives if we are to gift ourselves to God and to our brothers and sisters, and we must help others to respect their own lives so that they too can make the corresponding gift of themselves to God and to others.” – Archbishop Harris
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